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to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either
House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
[Cl. 2.] No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which
he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of
the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments
whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person
holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either
House during his Continuance in Office.
Section. 7. [Cl. 1.] All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with
Amendments as on other Bills.
[Cl. 2.] Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the
President of the United States: If he approves, he shall sign it, but if not
he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and
proceed to reconsider it. If, after such Reconsideration two-thirds of that
House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered,
and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But
in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas
and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill
shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall
not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a Law, in like
Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their Adjournment
prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
[Cl. 3.] Every Order, Resolution, or Vote, to which the Concurrence of
the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a
question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United
States; and before the same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or
being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate
and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations
prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power [Cl. 1.] To lay and collect
Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the